Quotes about Choice
If we are saved and sanctified God guides us by our ordinary choices, and if we are going to choose what He does not want, He will check, and we must heed. Whenever there is doubt, stop at once. Never reason it out and say—"I wonder why I shouldn't?" God instructs us in what we choose, that is, He guides our common sense, and we no longer hinder His Spirit by continually saying—"Now, Lord, what is Thy will?
- Oswald Chambers
If we deliberately choose to obey God, then He will tax the remotest star and the last grain of sand to assist us with all His almighty power.
- Oswald Chambers
The statement we so often hear, "Make a decision for Jesus Christ," places the emphasis on something our Lord never trusted. He never asks us to decide for Him, but to yield to Him—something very different.
- Oswald Chambers
The foundation of Christianity is repentance. Strictly speaking, a person cannot repent when he chooses—repentance is a gift of God.
- Oswald Chambers
As soon as you begin to live the life of faith in God, fascinating and luxurious prospects will open up before you, and these things are yours by right; but if you are living the life of faith you will exercise your right to waive your rights, and let God choose for you.
- Oswald Chambers
No healthy Christian ever chooses suffering; he chooses God's will, as Jesus did, whether it means suffering or not.
- Oswald Chambers
We have moved away from traditional Judeo-Christian values toward a worldview that lets us self-select values based on whether they serve our self-interests. Like a child loose in a candy store, we pick our values, we determine our own fate, we captain our own ship.
- Patrick Morley
It didn't begin just before you were born. It began before the world was born. He placed his grace on you and wrote your story in such a way that at a certain point in time you would hear the truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ and believe. His love for you is never a result of your character; it is a clear demonstration of his. He granted you and me what we never could have deserved; our new life is his choice, his gift.
- Paul David Tripp
What will it be for you today—the discontent of doubt and fear or the contentment of peace and rest?
- Paul David Tripp
I'm not saying there's no such thing as genius. But if you're trying to choose between two theories and one gives you an excuse for being lazy, the other one is probably right.
- Paul Graham
Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.
- Paul Tillich
We must be ourselves, we must decide where to go.
- Paul Tillich